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ادوات السجل العروض	Megillah Esther from the collection of the Rabbi of Haarlem إزالة من الاختيار ضف للاختيار رقم الكائنM2025/009:001 العنوانMegillah Esther from the collection of the Rabbi of Haarlem الوصفMegillah Esther from the collection belonging to the Simon Philip de Vries, Rabbi of the Haarlem Jewish community. The collection was first hidden with the ten Boom family, then with the Gerrit Jongens in early 1940s. Rabbi de Vries was deported to the concentration camps and murdered. There is a plaque dedicated to him in Haarlem. Garrick was in business with his brother-in-law Jan van Leeuwen. They had a removalist company and the items were left in their storeroom. After the war, two men from the Jewish community came to retrieve the collection but it is not know why these two items were left. Gerrit looked after these items and brought them to Australia when he migrated. مكان الإنتاجNetherlands الموضوعMegillah Esther scrolls, rabbis, Dutch, hiding اسم الكائنMegillah Esther scrolls Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, donated by Henny Vanderpol. This object is donated in memory of Gerrit Jongens, Johanna Van Leeuwen-Jongens and Jan Van Leeuwen. In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

رقم الكائنM2025/009:001

العنوانMegillah Esther from the collection of the Rabbi of Haarlem

الوصفMegillah Esther from the collection belonging to the Simon Philip de Vries, Rabbi of the Haarlem Jewish community. The collection was first hidden with the ten Boom family, then with the Gerrit Jongens in early 1940s. Rabbi de Vries was deported to the concentration camps and murdered. There is a plaque dedicated to him in Haarlem.

Garrick was in business with his brother-in-law Jan van Leeuwen. They had a removalist company and the items were left in their storeroom. After the war, two men from the Jewish community came to retrieve the collection but it is not know why these two items were left. Gerrit looked after these items and brought them to Australia when he migrated.

مكان الإنتاجNetherlands

الموضوعMegillah Esther scrolls, rabbis, Dutch, hiding

اسم الكائنMegillah Esther scrolls

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, donated by Henny Vanderpol. This object is donated in memory of Gerrit Jongens, Johanna Van Leeuwen-Jongens and Jan Van Leeuwen. In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

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